Energy Efficiency Alberta

[jwslam]

Originally posted by carson blocks
They're not spending their own money on this, they're spending ours. Everyone who signs up for this program probably costs us $500 with installer fees and gov't overhead, program administration costs etc. to end up with $100 of free shit.

Of course I'm signing up anyways. If I'm a 1%-er I pay more taxes than 99% of the population and as such I should get more back out of MY tax dollars. Not signing up is the equivalent of literally throwing my money away at Rachel and her crazies.

[bjstare]

Originally posted by jwslam

Of course I'm signing up anyways. If I'm a 1%-er I pay more taxes than 99% of the population and as such I should get more back out of MY tax dollars. Not signing up is the equivalent of literally throwing my money away at Rachel and her crazies.

But if you sign up, then you're contributing to the figures they'll publish that advertise the programs "success"

[rx7boi]

The program is still happening either way.

That's why I signed up haha. NOTHING TO LOSE!

That said, I'm not going to swap my bulbs out for shitty ones or plug shit into the wall just for a free powerbar. I'm happy to be more energy efficient in general as it means lower bills for me.

[Xtrema]

Originally posted by rx7boi
That's why I signed up haha. NOTHING TO LOSE!

Someone to scope your place for break in later.

[Masked Bandit]

Originally posted by Xtrema


Someone to scope your place for break in later.

Or put you on their mailing list to sell you a new furnace, HWT, etc. down the road.

[phreezee]

How smart are the thermostats they offer? Free Ecobees and Nests?

[Mitsu3000gt]

Originally posted by phreezee
How smart are the thermostats they offer? Free Ecobees and Nests?

I'd be shocked if it was anything more than a basic programmable one, which really do the same thing as the other ones unless you have sensors in every room of the house.

[Tik-Tok]

This is great in theory, but I will not be at all surprised when a bunch of bullshit comes from it.

I can see it now, people getting good LED's swapped for shitty ones that burn out in 6 months. NESTs swapped for $30 programmable thermostats. Houses suddenly getting B&E'd because the NDP hired companies that hired lowlifes with no proper vetting.

[mr2mike]

Originally posted by phreezee
How smart are the thermostats they offer? Free Ecobees and Nests?

Thought it was just the install they pay for. Not the thermostat.

[71/454]

Didn't everyone complain that the carbon tax was just a cash grab and some even said they would be ok with it if it was spent on actually doing things to help the environment?
You guys kinda asked for this...

[Star1995]

I just picked up an old school thermostat to replace when they show up, next is to find a few more light bulbs, I need a total of 30 and I've got 15 or so in a storage container. Then make sure I have my TV's and audio equipment plugged into different locations to maximize the free power bars. I'll need to make sure I have a TV in every room to get as many power bars as possible. Last but not least I'll need a least 2 laps in every room... more searching Kijiji for free lamps...

[eblend]

This is pretty stupid. I am going to wait and see some reviews on this before I go ahead..I got a full bag of incandescent bulbs in the garage......when i moved in 8 years ago I replaced most bulbs with CFL...do CFL quality? I haven't bothered changing CFLs out for LEDs and only use LEDs in the living room and kitchen as those lights are almost always on and have the most amount of bulbs.

[SKR]

Originally posted by dirtsniffer
Turns out the government wants to give away our money on a mass scale to a 3rd party contractor who will come into your home and upgrade the following for free:

Low-flow showerheads

[rx7_turbo2]

Originally posted by 71/454
Didn't everyone complain that the carbon tax was just a cash grab and some even said they would be ok with it if it was spent on actually doing things to help the environment?
You guys kinda asked for this...

How is this program "helping the environment"?

[ragu]

This creates jobs? I find with the slump of oil, Albertans really won't leave anything to complain about.

I see all these folks bitching about Justin's delayed presence at FM fires, yet whoever is involved in rebuild will tell you how much gouging takes place...

[speedog]

Originally posted by rx7boi


You can still get incandescents? I thought those weren't available for purchase as of several years ago?

Nah, incandescents are still available - you can't get regular incandescents but you can get long life bulbs, rough use bulbs and other non-standard variations.

Kind of a joke really but while LED lamp prices have been dropping, incandescents have been going up and when one factors in energy savings with LED lamps it is quickly becoming a no brainer as to what type of lamp is quickly becoming the better choice.

[Maxt]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak
So there are 1.39 million housholds in Alberta, if ~70% of them sign up for free shit an average cost of ~500$ to the government. This little program will cost the government around 700 million dollars

700 million dollars? Fuck.... these NDP twats sure like to rack up debt, didn't they just post a 10.8 BILLION dollar deficit budget?




Just send them to me, people in Van have a hard on for cheap power efficient goods

I seem to recall hearing this program had 36 million in funding, so 25 bucks a house?

[rx7boi]

Originally posted by Xtrema


Someone to scope your place for break in later.

Not if I get some sweet energy efficient security equipment

[M.alex]

Why are they using a company headquartered out of Ontario??? Are there no Albertan companies that are able to go around and give out free stuff?

[googe]

nice, someone send me an ecobee!